Thomas Edison
By: Richard Tames
Series: Lifetimes
Publisher: F. Watts
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780531140048
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Inventors
Description: Discusses Thomas Edison's scientific career and his successful inventions, including the light bulb, mimeograph machine, and ticker tape machine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Table of contents: title: Young businessman; title: Telegraph; title: Tramping telegraphist; title: Age of invention; title: "Bloated eastern manufacturer"; title: Wizard of Menlo Park; title: Electric light; title: Edison effect; title: Edison versus Swan; title: Man into myth; title: Electric age; title: Find out more.